A recycler, sometimes referred to as a mass recycler, was a device utilized on starships to reclaim and reuse various disposable goods. Examples of items processed by the recycler for later employment included food service items like trays, utensils, and drinking containers. Certain mass recyclers could even purify water, transforming it into potable water.
Back in 3 BBY, the Millennium Falcon possessed a mass recycler unit during the period when Lando Calrissian was its owner.